Bag or sack.



No. 683,895. Patented Oct. 8, |90I. A. M. BATES.

BAG 0R SAGK.

(Application `leui Dac. 14, 1900. Benewgd Aug. 17, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADELMER M. BATES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BAG OR SACK.

SPECIFICATION forming` part of Letters Patent N o. 683,895, dated October 8, 1901.

Application filed December 14, 1900. Renewed August 17, 1901. Serial No. 7,21382. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, ADELMER M. BATES, a lcitizen of the United States, residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and Statevof Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bags or Sacks, rof which the following is a full, elear,`andexact specification.

My invention relates to bags or sacks more especially intended for holding granular sul)- stances, Such as salt, sugar, shot, our, coffee, the.; audit has for its primary object to provide improved and simple means whereby thersack may be filled with such'substances yafter all the sewing or stitching thereon has been completed and the escape of the material from the bag or sack through ythe fillingaperture automatically prevented. Y j

With these ends in View my invention consists in certain features of novelty in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts by which the said objects and certain otherV objects hereinafter appearing are attained, all as fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the said drawings, Figure lis a plan view of the blank from which my improved bag or sack is formed. Fig. 2 is a side view of the bag or sack after being sewed on two sides and before being turned right side out. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the bag or sack filled and secured on all sides. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of the u nfilled bag, taken through the illingaperture; and Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the filled bag, taken yon the line 5 5, Fig. 3. Y

In carrying out my invention I preferably employ a piece of material, such as shown in Fig. 1, which is of suicient size to form the bag or sack when folded upon itself; but it will nevertheless be understood that, if de4 sired, two separate pieces, one for each side, might be employed. In either event the material forming one side of the bag is clipped at the edge so as to form a tongue 1, which is of suicient length to extend slightly beyond the seam 2, which secures the bottom or one end of the bag. Before the seam 2 is run,

5o however, the tongue l is turned down against the body of the bag, as shown in Fig. 2, and

'is formed to the opposite side of the bag, so

that at this point there will be left a fillingaperture 3 equal in Width to the width of the tongue l. The bag being sewed up the side 6o at 4, which maybe done as a continuation of the line of stitching 2, it is now turned right side out, so as to bring the liaps ortongue l, as well as those portions of the material outside of the seams 2 4, inside the bag, as shown 65 in Fig. 4. When thus situated, the tongue '1 l Will exert a tendency to resume its normal position in the material from which it Was removed, or, iu other words, it will press against the opposite hem, as shown in Fig. 4, and in so 7o doing will guard the opening 3, which latter is intended for the admission of any suitable ii'lling tube or funnel. When the filling tube or funnel is withdrawn,the filling-aperture 3 Will n be automatically closed by the two inturned vportions of the material, and should the bag be then turned upv end for end the pressure of the material will force these two portions to one side or the other, as shown in Fig. 5, or else crush them down over the opening 3 8o and in'either event will effectually close the latter and prevent the escape of the material.

The tongue l is preferably slightly dovetailed, as shown in Figs. l and 2, in order to guard against the possibility of the material forcing it through its own opening at the bottom of the bag.

It is of course understood that after the4 bag has been turned right side out its end (shown at the bottom in Fig. 2 and at the top 9o l in Figs. 3 and 5) is secured in any suitable way, as by means of a line of stitching 5,` thus making a bag completely secured on all sides with the exception of the small fillingaperture 3, which'after serving for the intro- 95 duction of the goods requires no further attention so far as the escape of the goods is concerned, and, if desired, it may be subse- 'quently utilized as an outlet for the goods when it is desired to extract small portions roo at a time, such as when the bag is used for retailing shot.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. As a new and useful article of manufacture a bag or sack having a filling-aperture and a tongue' clipped out of the edge of the bag and turned into the interior thereof for guarding said aperture, substantially as set forth.

2. As `a new and useful article of manufacture a bag or sackv having a filling-aperture, a gap or opening in the edge ot' the bag, a seam passing along the edge of the bag and across said gap or opening and a tongue projecting up into the bag and guarding said fil1- ing-aperture, substantially as set forth.

3. As a new and useful article of manufacture a bag or sack having a tongue clipped outof one edge thereof and turned back upon the body of the bag and a seam closing the end of the bag and passing over the gap or opening from which said tongue was removed but not over saidA tongue, substantially as set forth.

L As a new and useful article of man ufacture a bag or sack having a tongue clipped out of one edge thereof and turned back upon the main body of the bag and a seam passing across said edge of the bag adjacent vto but not across said tongue so that when the bag is turned right side out the tongue will project on the inside and guard the opening formed by the clipping of the edge of the bag, substantially as set forth.

5. As a new and useful article of manufacture a bag or sack having a dovetail tongue clipped out of the edge thereof and a seam passing across said edge but not across said tongue, substantially as set forth.

A. M. BATES.

\Vitnesses:

F. A. HOPKINS, EDNA B. JOHNSON 

